Archives - 28 July 2017, Friday

Just hours after it launched in Singapore to great fanfare — Amazon Prime Now is down. The e-commerce giant's launch on Thursday marked its first foray into Southeast Asia. SEE ALSO: Amazon's new Prime Now warehouse in Singapore is absolutely massive But for all the initial hype and e...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's Prime Now quick delivery service in Singapore, which launched on Thursday and kicked off its push into Southeast Asia, has been overwhelmed by demand, preventing it from taking on fresh orders. Slideshow (14 Images) "Due to great customer respons...

An eagle-eyed MacRumors reader today noticed the iPod mini has made a nostalgic reappearance on Apple's website in Singapore. Apple's online store says the iPod mini models are available to ship in 2-3 weeks, but we strongly advise against ordering. Apple discontinued the iPod mini ov...

The online retail market in Southeast Asia will come of age. The eCommerce market in Southeast Asia is particularly fragmented. It’s also an extremely dynamic market with Alibaba and Tencent actively acquiring positions in numerous e-commerce players across the region. Alibaba upped i...

With the wildly popular “Shark Week” upon us, there is no better time to focus on the plight of the world’s sharks . Many programs that feature sharks often depict them as strong, powerful monsters to be feared for deadly attacks – but did you know that there were only four human deat...

SINGAPORE — A short drive from the buzz and blustering air con of Orchard Road’s retail strip lies Dempsey Hill's bohemian enclave of art galleries, cafés and wine bars. Nestled serenely in lush, tropical greenery, this is a shopping and dining destination with a difference. For an As...

Amazon's first foray into the Southeast Asian market appears to have hit a roadblock. The e-commerce giant launched its express, same-day delivery service, Prime Now, on Thursday morning in Singapore, but by that afternoon the service seemed to have become unusable. Many users in Sing...

“Soft Dome is a kind of bouncy hemispheric net that you can experience in the museum’s main rotunda,” the designers explained. “Visitors to the museum are confronted with this majestic black net structure that invades the space.” The concept of an inverted dome is inspired by the inte...

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The Singapore government should not criminalise cybersecurity activities carried out with good intent in order to encourage the sharing of valuable threat information, which will help the industry better combat attacks. It also should clearly define its proposed mandate that would com...

Japanese fashion brand Comme des Garçons is opening the fourth branch of its Dover Street Market store in an old Singaporean army barrack. Dover Street Market Singapore is located in a building that forms part of the COMO Dempsey complex – a "lifestyle destination" filled with design-...

Just hours after it launched in Singapore to great fanfare — Amazon Prime Now is down. The e-commerce giant's launch on Thursday marked its first foray into Southeast Asia. SEE ALSO: Amazon's new Prime Now warehouse in Singapore is absolutely massive But for all the initial hype and e...

Credit card company Visa announced this week the first international expansion of its data center footprint. Two new facilities will double the number of server farms the company operates, adding London and Singapore to its current data center locations in Virginia and Colorado. As re...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - It's a breakthrough worth raising a glass to. Researchers in Singapore have brewed up a beer containing probiotic bacteria that can improve gut health and boost the immune system. Food researcher Alcine Chan, 23, experimented for almost a year with a recipe of ma...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - It's a breakthrough worth raising a glass to. Researchers in Singapore have brewed up a beer containing probiotic bacteria that can improve gut health and boost the immune system. Food researcher Alcine Chan, 23, experimented for almost a year with a recipe of ma...

ASEAN itself and the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) have become notorious for their inability to make decisions in areas such as preventive diplomacy and conflict resolution. At the annual meeting of the ARF’s Expert and Eminent Persons group earlier this year in Canberra, an agreement wa...

The Singapore government should not criminalise cybersecurity activities carried out with good intent in order to encourage the sharing of valuable threat information, which will help the industry better combat attacks. It also should clearly define its proposed mandate that would com...

AT LEAST two Singapore "proptech" companies are using blockchain platforms to "tokenise" property - that is, to create tokens backed by real estate which investors can buy. It is a pioneering move that is nascent even globally - and is such a new idea that there does not seem to be ex...

Author: Carlyle A. Thayer, UNSW Canberra A year ago on 12 July 2016, the Arbitral Tribunal handed down its award on the claims brought by the Philippines against China over their maritime disputes in the Spratly Islands. The Tribunal ruled unanimously on almost all of the Philippines’...

SINGAPORE — Amazon.com Inc.'s Prime Now quick delivery service in Singapore, which launched on Thursday and kicked off its push into Southeast Asia, has been overwhelmed by demand, preventing it from taking on fresh orders. "Due to great customer response, delivery windows are current...

Conventional multicopter drones are excellent at hovering and VTOL, but they can’t cover long distances as efficiently as fixed-wing aircraft. A team of students from the Singapore University of Technology and Design is trying to get the best of both worlds with the Transformable HOve...

Singapore is planning to review its personal data protection laws to keep up with the changing technology landscape, such as the growing adoption of the internet of things (IoT) where seeking consent from consumers for the collection and use of personal data may not be practical. Down...

Singapore: When Indian architect Rahul Maini and his parents embarked on their first trip abroad in May, Singapore was their destination of choice. But the trio wasn’t going for the hawker food or even the city-state’s casinos—they were there to get on a ship. The equatorial island ha...

TenX , a fintech firm based out of Singapore, is trying to bring cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin and Ether, out of the digital world and into the real world through the creation of a pre-paid Visa card that will instantly convert cryptocoins into real spendable cash. Bitcoin Visa Card ...